The Four Aras

clipped from generation13.com The Leabhar na gCeart cites the people of Ara (Arada, Aradh) were Rudricians, descended from Feartlachta, son of Fearghus, King of Ulster, in the 1st century; but these people were driven out by the descendants of Eoghan, son of Ailioll Óluim, and thereafter the territory was called Eoghanact Aine Cliach Many of the early kings of Ulster through the centuries were of the Dál n-Araidhe and the Dál Fiatach clans of counties Armagh, Down and Antrim: In early texts there is mention of the four Aradhs, descended from Feartlachtga, son of Feargus. The Book of Fenagh says they were Uí Monan, Uí Fidhmuine, Artroighi and Teochraide. The Book of Leinster makes them the Taechraige, Artraige, Descert Cliach and Hui Idban (Hui Fidbannaig). The Book of Lecan cites the Taecraidi, Artraidi, Deisceart Cliach, Uí Fidban and Uí Feitheamna.